Monday, 1 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: Border defense and public safety; Complaints and securing of claims; Military ranks and seniority; Military reforms and parliamentary regulations; Officer patenting; References to military establishments; Royal prerogatives; Sejm constitutions 1789-1792; Sejm sessions and formal matters; Voivodeship militias and project proposals;

Act published 11

Topics: Appellate application; Dissidents; Ensuring public order and safety; Executionis decrees; Judicial enforcement; Legal right to military aid; Military assistance; Military Commission; Penalties for non-compliance with law; Soldiers and commanding officers;

Wednesday, 3 December 1788

No deliberations

Act published 12

Topics: Appointment of officers; Army establishment; Assignations to regimental chests; Military Commission; Military pay; Nominating companions and officers; Regulations for the army; Royal patents; Sejm (Parliament); Voting;

Thursday, 4 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: evacuation of Russian troops; financial sacrifices for public purposes; foresight of dire future consequences; international treaties; king's health; need for national defense; negotiations with neighboring states; prorogation of the parliament; reinforcement of military forces; uncertainty of the nation's future;

Friday, 5 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: additions to legislation; citizenship and fatherland; evacuation of Russian troops; funding of armed forces; Great Sejm and Confederation; His Grace Mr. Marshal; Knight's School; Military Commission; military recruitment; Ministry; National Treasury; nomination of ambassadors to foreign courts; proposed bills and declarations; rights and prerogatives of the throne; Sejm sessions;

Saturday, 6 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: appeal to the States of the Republic; Crown prerogatives; election of Marshal; election of sejm judges; Great Sejm; interregnum period; Marshal Stanisław Małachowski; military affairs handling; Military Commission; military commission crimes; military project; officer patenting; sejm law; willingness to serve in the military;

Act published 13

Topics: completion of matters; confederation; current needs of the Republic; national government; national security; political situation of the country; Sejm prorogation;

Tuesday, 9 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: Adoption of the project for the nomination of ambassadors to foreign courts; Assignations for embassies' expenses; Defense of the prerogatives of the Throne and the Nation; Discussion on the obligations of sending ambassadors and the nomination of individuals as ambassadors; Voting on additions to the project; Wearing of national costumes by ambassadors;

Wednesday, 10 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: bill proposal; Cadet Corps; Constitution; Deputies; Election; examination of magistracies; Military Commission; Ministry; parliamentary debate; penalties; royal prerogatives; Sejm Court; Sejm Marshal;

Thursday, 11 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: Defense of Borders, Confiscation of Property and Punishments for Treachery against the Nation; Deputy Jacek Jezierski and Accusation of Sir Korticelli; Intrigues of the Tribunal; Marshal of the Sejm Stanisław Małachowski; Military Situation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Necessity of Unity for State Defense and Collaborative Progress; Opposition of Deputies to Foreign Pensions; Parliamentary Proceedings; Public Finances and Corruption; Re-sending an Envoy to Sweden; State of Agriculture in Poland; Work of the Military Commission;

Act published 14

Topics: Assignats; Diplomatic relations; Dispatching envoys to foreign courts; Franciszek Bukaty; Franciszek Ksawery Wojna; Józef Czartoryski; National treasuries; Piotr Potocki; Stanisław Kostka Potocki; Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki;

Friday, 12 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: constitutional article; Great Sejm (Four-Year Sejm); instigator; interpellation regarding military reports, Military Department; Military Commission; Military Commission for Judicial Affairs; military subordination and discipline; official crimes; procedural law; Sejm Court; Sejm Marshal Stanisław Małachowski; taxes and military expenditure financing;

Saturday, 13 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: Adjournment of the Sejm's session until the following day.; Discussions and proposals regarding the location of the Military Commission (Warsaw, Kraków, Radom); Final decision of the Sejm on the location of the Military Commission, adopted by a majority vote - the Commission shall operate where the Sejm is designated; Marshal of the Sejm, Stanisław Małachowski, on serving the nation and the everyday sessions; Proceedings of the Sejm session from Saturday, December 13, 1788; Remarks by Mr. Ludwik Karśnicki, senator and castellan from Wieluń, on the importance of speaking the truth in the presence of the royal throne; Resolution on a request by J.P. Buchholtz, Minister of the King of Prussia, for passports for maintenance work; Speech by Mr. Kajetan Kurdwanowski, deputy from Chernihiv, arguing for the Military Commission to be protected from foreign intrigues and influences and to be located in Radom; Statements by deputies and senators on the above-mentioned topics;

Monday, 15 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: civilian offerings for national defense; dispatching foreign envoys; election of military commissars; funds for embassies; military commission; parliamentary and commissary oath; Sejm reform; vote of thanks for Prince Karol Radziwiłł;

Act published 15

Topics: interregnum; Military Commission; military intervention; offenses of the Military Commission; offensive war; officials' accountability; overstepping of powers; Republic's security; restriction of Sejm freedom; Sejm courts;

Tuesday, 16 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: deputation for foreign affairs; foreign pensions; king's health; Marshal; military matters; oath; offerings; proposals; Sejm; welfare of the Commonwealth;

Wednesday, 17 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: Abolition of positions and discussions on military establishment; Adoption of the militia; Arrival of King Stanisław August Poniatowski; Deputation for foreign expeditions; Designing military ranks and advancement system; Discussions on royal prerogatives in the context of the Military Commission; Education of cadets and pages; Election of Military Commissioners; Ensuring the rank and promotion of military officers; Establishment of taxes; Expression of respect and loyal attitudes toward the throne; Inspections by voivodeships; Military Commission - composition and activity; Need to strengthen military power and seize an opportunity to improve the fate of the Republic.; Offering of His Royal Majesty in terms of national defense; Proposals for amendments to the project of the Military Commission; Salaries of Military Commissioners; Sejm session and the opening speech by Stanisław Małachowski, Marshal of the Sejm; Voting and protesting by individual delegates; Warnings about dangers associated with the influence of military writers;

Act published 16

Topics: Commission protocol; Commissioners; Commissioners' tenure; Military Commission; Sejm; Sejm cities;

Act published 17

Topics: citizens of both nations; confederation; craftsmen; customs officers; Jews; parish clergy; patriotism; provincial chancelleries; treasury commissions; voluntary contributions for the needs of the homeland;

Thursday, 18 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: Concept of a new military administration and the selection of commissioners; Countermeasures to peasant rebellions in Ukraine; Deliberations on a potential limitation of parliament; Excluding senators sitting on commissions from Senate activities while serving; Issue of the Senate's dominance over the knightly estate; Project regarding deputy and senator functions in terms of commission and dikesterium candidacy; Proposal to extend the parliament session for two Sundays; Reminder of the rights of the knightly estate as a legislating nation; Removal of deputies from the candidacy during the performance of their functions; Response to the note on the evacuation of Russian troops; Submission of projects for printing and proposal for approval of project addendums.;

Friday, 19 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: Deputy Elections; Fortragging; Great Sejm; Legislation; Marshal of the Sejm; Military Commission Project; National Guard; Patenting; Royal Prerogatives; Sejm Confederation; Stanisław August Poniatowski;

Act published 18

Topics: Archive of the Republic of Both Nations; Delegate's oath of oversight.; Delegation for drafting instructions for foreign envoys; Election of delegates and seal keepers; Formulating instructions based on the situation and needs of the Republic; Order of supervision over negotiations; Oversight of negotiations with foreign courts; Providing information to the king and the confederated estates;

Saturday, 20 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: Announcement of Elected Deputies; Election of Deputies for Foreign Expeditions; Gratitude to the King; Marshal of the Sejm's Speech; Proposal to Limit Senators' Activity in the Sejm; Session Suspension; Voting Correctness and Ballot Revision; Voting for the Selection of Military Commissaries;

Act published 19

Topics: clerical staff management; commissioners' salaries; Crown provinces and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania provinces; economy; extra expenses; liquidation; Military Commission; military regents; military scribes; secretaries; staffing positions;

Act published 20

Topics: Cadets and Officers; Chiefs and Commanders; Civil-Military Ranks; Foreign Service and Recruitment to the Native Army; Horse and Foot Guards; Military Commission; Military Liquidations; Military Promotion; Nobility in the Army; Sale of Military Ranks;

Monday, 22 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: Deputies' oaths; Duties of the Military Commission; Election of Military Commissioners; Foreign pensions; Marshal of the Lithuanian Confederation Prince Kazimierz Sapieha; Military discipline; Oath of Pan Stanisław Kublicki; Oath of Senator-Bishop Krzysztof Szembek; Sejm Marshal Pan Stanisław Małachowski; Sejm reform;

Tuesday, 23 December 1788

Report from the session

Topics: break in the Sejm sessions for holidays; debate on the Military Commission; discussions and procedures related to military issues; Great Sejm; military oath; Order of Saint Stanislaus; proposals and motions from deputies; speech by Franciszek Branicki; speeches by the Marshal of the Sejm and King Stanisław August Poniatowski; taxes and army funding; Treasury Commission and public finances; vote for Military Commissioners;

Act published 21

Topics: Bishop Senator; Deputies for drafting instructions; Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs; Knighthood; Lithuanian provinces; Major General; Member of Parliament; Ministry; Negotiations with foreign courts; Polish provinces; Senators; Starosts;

Saturday, 27 December 1788

No deliberations

Act published 22

Topics: activity report; Crown Treasury Commission; foreign loans; military needs; taxes;

Act published 23

Topics: contracts and assurances; Crown Treasury Commission; Hetmans; Military Commission of Both Nations; Military Commission's plan; military establishment; military laws and reforms; purchase of rifles; regiments and brigades; Republic's arsenal; shortage of arms; treasury remnant; troop numbers; voluntary contributions.;

Act published 24

Topics: colonel; Crown ensign; Crown Hunter; knightly estate; major general; military commission; pluralitate notorum; senator castellan; senator voivode; starost;